Student photos go on display at Feed and Grain space

In the Meantime Gallery will open each month for Night on the Town

By Jessica Benes Reporter-Herald Staff Writer

Posted:
05/08/2013 06:31:04 PM MDT

Santiago Scalise signs his name to one of his black-and-white photographs he has hung Tuesday afternoon in the Loveland Feed and Grain building. Middle school students will be showing their photographs in an art show there Friday.
(Timothy Hurst)

In the Meantime Gallery at the Feed and Grain building in downtown Loveland is taking on a festival air once a month during Night on the Town. And this weekend is no exception.

The Chaulkboard Gourmet Food Express Truck will be on hand to provide tasty treats.

And a black-and-white film photography display will be on exhibit by students of Bob Campagna, art teacher and artist.

Campagna works with around 50 middle school students in the Gifted and Talented program through the Thompson School District and about eight students in the Loveland Area Integrated Schools of the Arts program every year in photography. They use a darkroom that Campagna helped set up at Bill Reed Middle School.

"It sat for years as a storage room. When I started doing workshops, I revived the darkroom," he said.

This year Campagna asked the students to create artistic interpretation of the images they photographed. They used darkroom techniques like spray bottles of chemicals or eye droppers to add stylistic themes to their photos.

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In The Meantime Gallery at the Loveland Feed and Grain

When: Several events occurring 6-9 p.m. Friday, May 10, during Night on the Town. Bob Campagna's exhibit with his students will be on display then.

Where: Historic Feed and Grain, 130 W. Third St.

Info: Friday Night on the Town event that will feature vendors, food, three bands and glass-blowing demonstrations.

"We went on a photo walk downtown and I noticed that church and I thought it was cool because it had statues in front of it," said Maya Bennett, a seventh-grader in the LISA program. She used a spray bottle technique and solar exposure to design the photo. She said that she learned through this workshop how to take good photos, angle them and look for good textures.

Greta Stellrecht, also a seventh-grader at Bill Reed, said that she likes being able to do anything with photography. She took detail shots of the bicycle fence on the recreation trail in downtown Loveland. She said that she appreciated the qualities a person can get by taking film photos instead of digital. Both students liked the experience of working in a darkroom.

The gallery and space is part of a goal to raise money for Artspace Loveland, which is developing an arts campus at the building that will include affordable living and working spaces for eligible artists and their families.

"We were trying to keep the gallery open every Friday and Saturday but Loveland tends to be more of an event-based town and we weren't sustaining ourselves," said Megan Tracy, coordinator of events at the gallery. The coordinators plan to organize events every month with demonstrations, art and food vendors, and other local artistic talent.

This is also the last weekend to enjoy the Collections and Memories exhibit at the gallery.

Megan Hurr, left, and Greta Stellrecht press black-and-white photographs onto the walls of the Loveland Feed and Grain building Tuesday afternoon. The works of about 50 students will be on display Friday during Night on the Town.
(Timothy Hurst)

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